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Patented June 16, 1868.

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DANI L- E. RA-BIS, OF TROY, .NEW voRK.

Letters Patent Nor-78,891, dated June 16,1868.

IMPROVEMENT mantras AND asu srrrsas IN GOOKING-STOVES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY conic-sun;

Be it'known that I, DANIEL E. PARIS, ofithe city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement-in lStove'Hea rths, Ash-Sifters, and Ash-Pans; and Ida hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to iridex-letters'marked thereon, like letters representing like parts, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cooking-stove, showing a part. of my present improvement.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the-hearth of a cooking-stove, with the hearth-plate, or cover to the ashpit, removed, so as to show the position oi' the sifting-grates. It also shows the ash-pan drawn partly out from its position below the sifting-grates. I I s V Figure 3 shows the two sifting-grates. standing upward, having dumped or discharged their contents into the, pau below.

Figure 4 shows'the pan removed from thehearth.

Figure 5 shows the ash-sifter or sifting-grates in position, together with the guard-pieces, front and rear,

shown at O and P, which are also indicated by the same letters in Figure 6, which latter figure gives also a sec: .tional view of all the parts. v

The sifting-grate seen in fig. 6, is placed just over the ash-pan F, and, as it (or they, for it maybe made in'one or, in two parts, as desired) is vibrated, the asliesfall, through the grate, into the pan below. The pan is then removed from the front, as seen "in fig. 2, and the ashes emptied or thrown out. The pan is then replaced, and the grates can then be dumped, or their contents discharged, into the pain, and thus the coals are then removed in the same wayas the ashes were,.and thrown out or put where wanted; or the coals can be shovelled out of the ash-pit, or oil? the sifting-grates, instead of dumping them into the pan, as above described; but, if this is done, there would be no need of making them to dump, nor would there he need to make them in two pieces, except'to facilitate vibration. The '1atter,.ho'wever, would be a sufficient reason, for they vibrate much easier whenma de in two pieces than when made in one piece. They also work witlrdouble force, for the pressure required to move one grate out, also, at the same time, moves the'other back. Thus, 'do'nble the vibration is secured with the same amount of power; but there would be mouse in constructing them to dump, unless it is preferred'to discharge the contents into the ash-pan below, and remove them in that Way.

It wil l'be' seen, by figs.'5. and 6, that the guard-pieces O and P are so placedas to allow the grates to dump, apartpfsaid: guard piecesgoing under the grates, and a part goingover them; that is, where the grate, in

dumping, bears .or falls downward, the guapd-pieces O and Pare placed over the grates, as at the centre, for

instance, of the ash-pit; and, as the outcr edges of the grates rise upward when-they are dumped, the guard.- pieces are placed below the grates, so as to permit this motion. The use of these guard-pieces issimply to prevent the coals from falling below whe irthe grate is in operation and they may be solid, or cast with holes or slots, so as to allow the ashes to pass through; but they must be sufliciently near each other to prevent the coals from falling downward. There are many equivalents for these guards, so that no particular form need be minutely described, the indication of theipurpose for which they are used being suflicient. i

The plate L, seen in fig. 6, acts, not only as a support for the grates, but also asaslide or conducting-plate for'the ashes and coals as they fall from the firegrate' down on to the sifting-grates K K. The double use of this plate is new. This plate also projects forward, away from the plate M, so as to allow-the grates K K to vibrate backward. Theguard-pi'eee P may be formed also on this-plate, and cast solid with 'it; but it would be better to make the guard-piece O separatejrom the hearth-front, and attach it to it. p

The grates K K project, by means ofthe journals I I, through the hearth-front G, much the same as in my application for a patent, filed March 23,1868, and they are vibrated, by means of the shaker E, in the same way as there described; but'they do not move outand in the openings through the hearth-front, (except when vibrated thatis, the grate is not removable, so as to be takcnout of the stove, for there is noupper pan, as in my first application, the sides of the hearth-pit A forming the pan, and-holding the coal and'ashes as they lie on the sifting-grates.

The ash-pan F is drawn out from the front, as seen in fig. 2, thefalling 'door D, seenin fig. 1,-first having been let down horizontally with the bottom of the hearth A, at which position it remains, by means of stops or guards, caston either the plate itself, or'at or near the bottom of the hearthA, or on both pieces, saidstops being so constructed that the plate-D is prevented from falling downward below a level corresponding with the bottom of the ash-pit or hearth A. The piece D is thus arranged in order that the pan Fmay be drawn out: and upheld, as seen in fig. 2, which is done by means of taking hold of the handle J, andpulling thepan forwarduntil the bailll'. can be raised up perpendicularly, so that the ash-pan'cah be entirely removed and carried away.

This plate D thus has a double use. It closes the. opening for the ash-pan, at the front of the hearth A,

, and forms also a support for it, when drawn out, until the bail can be gothold of, so that it can be carried.

place beneath the,sifting-grates.

The advantages secured by this invention are cheapnessand economy of space. It is cheaper than where there aretwo pans, as in my former application, and as in Williss application. The' entire surrounding walls of the panare saved, as is also the bail to the upper pan. Its economy in space is also considerable, because the surronnding walls of the pan take upconsiderable room. There may be mentioned a thirdadvaritage. The 7 journals are always outside the stove, and always readyfor use at any time, and this, too, without any expense of machinery to move them out and in. i

The sifting-grates are dumped, or discharged of their contents, into the pan below, by putting oneprong of the shaker E upon one of the projecting journals I Land turning it over toward thecentre of the hearth,-by which means all the coals or ashes that lie thereonare tumbled into the pit or pan below. The shaker is then changed to the other journal, and, bya like movementfthe other grate is discharged of its contents.

' I am aware of drop-doors having been made heretofore for stoves, and, th erefore, I do not claim the drop- 7 door D broadly, but confine my claim to the combination here shown; and the main purpose or use of the said plate is to support the'ash-pan, so that it canrbe drawn. out-of'the hearth horizontally, and so remain restingon the piece D till the bail can be raised up perpendicularly, in order that the pan can be removed by means-of the-bail, and, when the pan is'bronght hack, item be set down upon the plate D, and then shoved iii to its proper Having thus described my improvement, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,..is 1. A movable sifting-grate or grates, placed permanently within the hearth or ash-pit of a stove, and made to vibrate by means of a handle or shaker, operated from' the outside of the stove, in combination with the surrounding walls ofi said hearth, or their equivalent, which a'ct'as the sides of a pan, to hold the ashes and coals on said sifting-grates as they fall from the fire-grate above.

2.- A-covered sifting-chamber, the sides'of which are formed by the hearth or ash-pit of the stove, and by the slide or conducting-plate below the fire-g1ate,the bottom of which is formed by an open or perforated sifting-grate or grates, and the top by a movable cover to saidhe'aith, in combination with an ash-pan or ashchamber, situated just below said grate or grates.

3. A sifting-grate'or grates thus situated, constructed to dump or discharge its contents into a chamber or movable pan below, and in combination therewith, substantially as here shown and described.

4. An opening at the lower front of the hearth or ash-pit of a stove, 0t suliicient capacity to remove the ashes or an ash-pan from the chamber below the sifting-grate or grates, and in combination with sziid grate or grates, when the latter are constructed substantially as herein shown, or are placed permanently within the hearth or upper part of the ash-pit of a stove. I

5'. The closing of said opening at the lower front of the hearth by a drop-door or falling plate, having its lower edge or ends attached to the hearth or ash-pit, and so constructed that, when it is let down at or near a and described;-

level with the bottomof said hearth, it will thus remain,- for the'purpose of supporting, and in combination with, the ash-pan, when theslatter is made to be drawn out, in the manner and substantially-as herein shown 1 DANTL' E. rams.

Witnesses:

Lours Porrnn, PniLo .1). PAUL. 

